Quick Transmigration: Irresistible Beauty
Chapter 143 - 143: Loyal Maid Who Died Because of Beauty (13)

The third prince could not do something such as forcefully separate Yue Ran and her cousin if they were already married, right?

Yes, the more she thought about it, the more feasible her idea became. The third prince must not be able to steal another person's wife so blatantly since he had to take into account his very face as a member of the imperial family in public as well.

That is right. This must be the case, so Yue Ran has to be married off to her cousin right this instant! Right now! Very soon!

"Yue Ran, you really do not want to seduce the third prince, right?" Yi Yan asked in a rather scary tone as she grabbed Yue Ran's shoulder and shook it vigorously.

"Ma… Madam…" Yue Ran's words trailed off as she said that one word shakily.

"Answer me quickly! Answer me quickly! Answer me quickly!" Yi Yan shouted like a madman. She was urging Yue Ran to answer her like a crazy person or a wild beast that had just come out of its cage.

"Yes… Yes, Ma… Madam," Yue Ran answered. She was feeling a little dizzy from all the crazy shaking, and even the tone of her words followed suit.

Hearing Yue Ran's answer, Yi Yan stopped shaking the young girl's shoulder and said in her (Yue Ran's) face with confidence, "Then, in this way, you will have to immediately leave the palace to get married to your cousin tomorrow so that the third prince will not want you anymore! This is the only way that the third prince will no longer be interested in someone like you, you hear me?"

Yue Ran was stunned and a little in a daze. She felt disappointed by the words Yi Yan said to her.

Yue Ran never expected that after so many years of relationship with Yi Yan and staying by her side since their childhood days, Yi Yan still did not trust her (Yue Ran) at all and even wished to marry her (Yue Ran) right away so as not to obstruct her (Yi Yan's) eyes and also not to obstruct the relationship between her (Yi Yan) and the third prince.

But before Yue Ran could reply, Lu Heng suddenly rushed in from the doors leading to Yi Yan's room. The third prince's entrance was so sudden that it caught the two women inside—Yue Ran and Yi Yan—off guard.

Originally, Lu Heng thought that after his conversation with Yi Yan in the morning, Yi Yan would do what he had told her to do. But she had taken a long time without giving him any news, and he was also impatient to wait any longer. So, he rushed non-stop towards Yi Yan's courtyard from his study on this very same night.

However, Lu Heng did not expect to be met with such a scene when he arrived.

Not only did Yi Yan not follow what he had said before, but she even wanted Yue Ran to get married off by tomorrow so that he could dispel the idea of getting Yue Ran out of her hands!

Now, Lu Heng, who felt very angry, could not bear it any longer and stepped past Yi Yan's figure without even sparing her a glance and walked toward the fallen Yue Ran.

As soon as Lu Heng walked close enough to Yue Ran, he immediately knelt down to embrace the young girl's body. Yue Ran's breath was a little weak, and so was the feeling of her entire body. When she could not hold on any longer, her world turned black, and she fainted in the male protagonist's arms just like that.

Such a fragile Yue Ran made Lu Heng feel infinite distress.

Seeing that the third prince who had just entered her room was going to leave with Yue Ran in his arms, Yi Yan's eyes turned red. She cried out and said, "Your Highness, do you really want to treat me like this? Do you really want to just leave like this? What would others think of me when you just left with Yue Ran in your arms? Why does Your Highness treat me like this?"

It was fine if the female protagonist had chosen to shut up, but now that she did not, the male protagonist's eyes turned only darker and darker.

Lu Heng stopped in his tracks and said, "Yi Yan, you have really disappointed me too much."

After Lu Heng said this sentence, he raised his legs and left Yi Yan's bedroom, ignoring Yi Yan's persuasion on his way out. All of her words only traveled into his left ear and out of his right.

…

The farce of that night quickly spread throughout the palace. It was said that the third prince fell in love with the dowry maid next to Yi Yan, but Yi Yan refused to give her dowry maid to the third prince, and so she and the third prince directly tore their faces off and had a quarrel in her bedroom.

Is this not just to see Yi Yan's jokes, as she was the main character of the rumor and also the subject of ridicule for everyone else?

Who told her to always look so aloof and arrogant at ordinary times, acting as if she was the third prince's only true love in the entirety of the third prince's harem? Just because she did not need to compete for favor like the other third prince's concubines and only had to wait for the third prince to come often, does that mean that she does not need to give the other concubines and the main wife much respect as well?

Now that Yi Yan had actually let her dowry maid steal the favor of the third prince, everyone in the third prince's harem only felt joy and derision.

…

On the other side, Lu Heng brought the unconscious Yue Ran to the front yard.

The front yard is usually the place for Lu Heng to rest alone, and no one other than the servants has ever come here before.

Carefully placing Yue Ran on the bed, Lu Heng immediately called the imperial physician.

When the imperial physician came, Lu Heng asked nervously, "What happened to her? Tell me quickly! Do not dawdle!"

The imperial physician wiped the nonexistent sweat on his forehead and answered, "Replying back to Your Highness, the third prince, this young lady's pulse is very weak. I am afraid that it is a symptom brought out of her mother's womb. This time, she has received such strong stimulation that her blood has surged and her body has turned empty. I am afraid that it will be very difficult for the young lady to conceive an heir in the future."

(The above explanation is all made-up nonsense, so do not believe it, my dear readers!)

Lu Heng did not expect that Yue Ran's condition would be this serious. He was still thinking about what kind of good words he should choose for the name of his future child that would be born out of Yue Ran's womb.

But now, now...

"Is there a way for her to recover?" Lu Heng asked a little too hurriedly.

"Replying back to Your Highness, the third prince, I am afraid that it will be very difficult to cure the young lady completely. We can only take care of her body carefully first, and so there might be a possibility of the young lady getting pregnant in the future," the imperial physician answered. "As long as the young lady does not get impatient and angry, then her body will stay in better condition."

"Then we can only do this first," Lu Heng said. "You can retreat."

"Yes, Your Highness," the imperial physician said as he bowed before stepping out of the door that Wang Li opened and urged him to go.

Now, only Lu Heng and the unconscious Yue Ran were left in the room.

Looking at Yue Ran, who was still not awake, with pale skin, a swollen cheek, and bloodless lips, like a fragile and easily breakable porcelain vase, Lu Heng's heart clenched. He carefully tidied up Yue Ran's disheveled hair and held the young girl's hand in his palm.

"Yue Ran, I swear that I will never let you suffer any harm again," Lu Heng promised softly in a very sincere and affectionate tone, then he pressed the back of the young girl's hand to his cheek before sighing softly.

In fact, although Yue Ran looked severely beaten, the wounds that she had suffered were actually nothing at all. The slap she received from the female protagonist was also calculated only so that the wound she suffered on her face would only appear on the surface of her skin and not be a deep wound at all. She was only pretending to be dizzy and secretly hearing everything outside.

The pulse that the imperial physician had taken for her was also something that Yue Ran had tampered with. After all, changing her pulse after going into many different worlds was only a normal and casual thing.

As if Yue Ran would let herself suffer this disgrace without fighting back.

Her only goal was, after all, to create a gap between the relationship between the male protagonist and the female protagonist.

…

Yue Ran woke up the very next day.

Looking at Lu Heng, who was sleeping by the bed with his hand holding onto her own, Yue Ran frowned and immediately pulled her hand back with force.

This crude action of hers woke Lu Heng up with a jolt.

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